Corner Summer Houses

A summer house is the lighter-weight cousin of a log cabin: thinner walls (16-19mm typically), more glazing, and intended for warm-month use rather than year-round occupation. The corner format suits the same awkward back-garden corners a corner shed does. Buy Sheds Direct, Cherry Lane Garden Centres and Robert Dyas between them cover £601-£6,762 across the range. Most corner summer houses run 6-10m² interior, large enough for a couple of armchairs and a coffee table for summer reading, too small for actual accommodation. Floor specification matters: 19mm tongue-and-groove softwood is the household standard; 12mm OSB is budget-tier and flexes under furniture. Roof glazing options vary; full-glass roofs heat brutally in July (rooflight area should sit under 25% of total roof area for summer comfort). Check whether the listing includes treatment, most unfinished cabins need a coat of garden-wood treatment before assembly. The grid below filters by size, floor thickness and glazing area.